Spousal sponsorship

[zardoz]

I believe that you use the forms for whichever country you are currently residing. This might NOT be the country that eventually processes your application.

 

[goodman36]

I have a question. The scenario is like this: I'm a Pakistani national currently residing in Singapore, hence i want my visa office of that in Singapore. So when I'm filling part 3 of the immigration forms, which is "Country Specific Instructions", do i fill out the package of General Asia, which is for Pakistan, or do I fill the package that is for Singapore, considering each package has a different set of forms.

Thank you

If you are living in Singapore legally and have lived there for at least 1 year, then you may put Singapore as your visa office. However, understand that it is the Applicant's residence not the Sponsor's residence that is the question. If you are the Applicant, then you can use Singapore, like I said, if you are there legally for 1 year or more. Also, even in Singapore Visa Office, it may take up-to 2 years. So, you (the applicant) have to make sure that, you will be living there for next 2 years too. Anytime, the applicant change their address, he/she has to notify the visa office and then they will forward the file to another visa office accordingly and this will further delay the processing.

However, CIC has the right to assign your file to any visa office they find appropriate.

 

[Betina]

hi everybody.

Today I got an email saying this:

In order to continue processing your application, we require the additional documents listed below within 60 days.
- Schedule A with complete information on your personal history since the age of 18.
Documents bearing other languages must be accompanied by original certified translations into English or French.
Please forward by mail all requested documents together within 60 days from the date of this letter.

It's about the IMM5669 form, which of course I have included in the original application. But in that form they ask for "details of your personal history since the age of 18, or the past 10 years, whichever comes first". I'm 35 so I filled the form with information about my last 10 years of employment. I am a journalist so I have times when my jobs overlap with one another or with periods of study - would that be something that raises suspicion?

Just wondering why would they ask for my personal history since 18 and what kind of documents should I be sending them? Or maybe the documents part is just a generic text...

Hmmm, I'm just trying not to freak out here

 

[zardoz]

hi everybody.

Today I got an email saying this:

It's about the IMM5669 form, which of course I have included in the original application. But in that form they ask for "details of your personal history since the age of 18, or the past 10 years, whichever comes first". I'm 35 so I filled the form with information about my last 10 years of employment. I am a journalist so I have times when my jobs overlap with one another or with periods of study - would that be something that raises suspicion?

Just wondering why would they ask for my personal history since 18 and what kind of documents should I be sending them? Or maybe the documents part is just a generic text...

Hmmm, I'm just trying not to freak out here

For some reason, and I don't know what it is, there are have been a lot of these requests recently, especially from London. I supplied 31 years worth (a single employer) and they STILL wanted back to when I was 18, which added another 8 years worth. It was also a HUGE amount of work to backtrack that far as I moved a lot in early adulthood and had a number of jobs.

You have no options but to do the best you can. Sorry...

 

[Betina]

For some reason, and I don't know what it is, there are have been a lot of these requests recently, especially from London. I supplied 31 years worth (a single employer) and they STILL wanted back to when I was 18, which added another 8 years worth. It was also a HUGE amount of work to backtrack that far as I moved a lot in early adulthood and had a number of jobs.

You have no options but to do the best you can. Sorry...

I printed a table just like the one in the form with all I have done since 1996 till today, I labeled it with my file number, my name, the number of the form and of the question and I attached it to a re-print of the form I have already submited. Do you think that's ok? Did you do it differently?

It was not an easy job remembering all the years and all the months from waaaay back ???

On the other hand, should I be glad that they asked just for this? Maybe this means they have no other issues with my application? When did you get the request for these informations?

 

[IvanP]

hi everybody.

Today I got an email saying this:

It's about the IMM5669 form, which of course I have included in the original application. But in that form they ask for "details of your personal history since the age of 18, or the past 10 years, whichever comes first". I'm 35 so I filled the form with information about my last 10 years of employment. I am a journalist so I have times when my jobs overlap with one another or with periods of study - would that be something that raises suspicion?

Just wondering why would they ask for my personal history since 18 and what kind of documents should I be sending them? Or maybe the documents part is just a generic text...

Hmmm, I'm just trying not to freak out here

It's a confusing question, I think. If you're 35, the age of 18 came first in time, right, before 10 years ago started? But if you're 20, you'd have to provide history since the age of 10, so that would be first. But why would they want to know where you were when you were 10 years old?

 

[Betina]

It's a confusing question, I think. If you're 35, the age of 18 came first in time, right, before 10 years ago started? But if you're 20, you'd have to provide history since the age of 10, so that would be first. But why would they want to know where you were when you were 10 years old?

they don't want to know anything before the age of 18. they say past 10 years or since 18, whichever comes first (you have to complete the form starting with the most recent information, so it goes backwards - if you're 29, going back 10 years, the age of 19 comes before 18 ;D if I was less than 28, 18 would come first) and if i was less than 28 yo then I would be obligated to write all my personal history since the age of 18 in that form.

 

[zardoz]

I reprinted the form, with updated information on it as far as I was able, then continued on an extra sheet of paper with all the stuff that wouldn't fit. I used the same column layouts etc. They seem to have accepted this quite happily.

 

[MK88]

If you are living in Singapore legally and have lived there for at least 1 year, then you may put Singapore as your visa office. However, understand that it is the Applicant's residence not the Sponsor's residence that is the question. If you are the Applicant, then you can use Singapore, like I said, if you are there legally for 1 year or more. Also, even in Singapore Visa Office, it may take up-to 2 years. So, you (the applicant) have to make sure that, you will be living there for next 2 years too. Anytime, the applicant change their address, he/she has to notify the visa office and then they will forward the file to another visa office accordingly and this will further delay the processing.

However, CIC has the right to assign your file to any visa office they find appropriate.

Thank you so much for explaining it so well but nonetheless my confusion still remains on the question "which immigration Part 3 Country specific instructions package the applicant has to fill in and send, the country of current residency or the country of nationality one?
Thanks

 

[Betina]

I reprinted the form, with updated information on it as far as I was able, then continued on an extra sheet of paper with all the stuff that wouldn't fit. I used the same column layouts etc. They seem to have accepted this quite happily.

Good! That's exactly what I did Thanks for putting me at ease

 

[goodman36]

Thank you so much for explaining it so well but nonetheless my confusion still remains on the question "which immigration Part 3 Country specific instructions package the applicant has to fill in and send, the country of current residency or the country of nationality one?
Thanks

IF the Applicant mentions Singapore where the file is to be processed and showed Singapore as the current residence (and the applicant has lived there legally for over a year), then the country specific form, in this case, of Pakistan would not apply. Of course, CIC may ask it anyway if they want to. IF the Applicant chooses Islamabad as the visa processing centre, then the country specific form need to be sent along with the Form.

The Applicant can choose Singapore and prepare files accordingly. If CIC accepts it, then everything is ok. But CIC may change the visa office and asks for documents specific to that new visa office.

 

[bhavikpatel7789]

i JUST CHECKED PSLRB HIRING DATE FOR PAFSO CASE 4-8 NOV.....................SO LONG...............

 

[goodman36]

Anyone can advise regarding correctly filling out Appendix A that is received with Passport Request (PPR)? Should the Sponsor's information be filled out too under Spouse column even though the Sponsor is already in Canada?

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

Anyone can advise regarding correctly filling out Appendix A that is received with Passport Request (PPR)? Should the Sponsor's information be filled out too under Spouse column even though the Sponsor is already in Canada?

No. Only the Principal Applicant and any children whether they are accompanying or not.

 

[vanessa_elizabeth]

Just include the police check for Australia. The Canadian one isn't needed. Sometimes (very rarely), CIC will ask someone to provide a Canadian police certificate later on in the process. But this affects very few applications - so no need for you to include the Canadian one with your application. My husband lived in Canada for three years before we submitted the application to sponsor him and we did not include a Canadian police certificate (and it was never requested).

Thanks so much! I feel much better about sending everything now